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10 Guiding Principles for YINpreneurs A guidebook to help you nurture a powerful mindset, maximize your human potential, thrive in joy and fulfillment, delight in the divine feminine, and be a gift to the world. by Karen McMillan (c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

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10 Guiding Principlesfor YINpreneurs

A guidebook to help you nurture a powerful mindset, maximize your human potential,

thrive in joy and fulfillment, delight in the divine feminine,

and be a gift to the world.

by Karen McMillan

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

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10 Guiding Principles

i did not create these principles. over many years, trials and tribulations, they created me.

when i came to this realization i decided to own them as my truth, and make them part of my daily practice.

it changed my life, my way of being, my connection with self and others … and prosperity. it helped me on my journey to maximize my human potential. to live and work as a YINpreneur.

now, i know them as my inner wise woman, my essence of power, my joy.

from this place i can be a contributor to a world we know and love, for generations to come.

i share these principles so that you too can know the way to this power and joy.

with them comes my heart, my art, my desire for you to live and thrive.

with love and light,

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principle a fundamental truth or

proposition that serves as the foundation for a system

of belief or behavior

Dearest Wise Woman,

I offer these guiding principles with the belief that you are a whole, empowered being, connected to source, leading from heart, and know that everything is energy.

With this in heart, mind and spirit, I offer these principles to guide you on a path of balancing your yang, masculine energy with wise, inner yin, feminine energy, to a way of being in life and work.

Inspired by ancient wisdom for your modern living. Guiding you to daily practice that invites peace, prosperity, fulfillment and sustainable success. These are more than guiding principles. Consider these your success essentials.

If you already know them, practice. If you are new to them, practice and learn. There is no wrong or right. We are spirits on a journey of joy, maximizing our human potential. Your inner wise woman remembers. Get to know her. Fall in love with her. Follow and lead. This is the way of the YINpreneur.

Live in your light and shine.

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Guiding Principle #1 I practice gratitude daily.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.”

~ Eileen Caddy

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Guiding Principle #2 I live in the present moment, with clear intention.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

"Listening is being, when we can, as completely present to whatever is before us with all of who we are,"

~ Mark Nepo

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Guiding Principle #3 I know and trust my intuition.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

“Intuition … the word means inner teacher”

~ Sonia Choquette

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Guiding Principle #4 I invite art, music, movement and play into my life and work.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

Creativity is the making of the new, or the arranging of the old in a new way.

~ Unknown

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Guiding Principle #5 I experience life as a sensuous woman, with all six senses.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

“The fragrance of white tea is the feeling of existing in the mists that float over waters; the scent of peony is the scent of the absence of negativity: a lack of confusion, doubt, and darkness; to smell a rose is to teach your soul to skip; a nut and a wood together is a walk over fallen Autumn leaves; the touch of jasmine is a night's dream under the nomad's moon.”

~C. JoyBell C.

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Guiding Principle #6 I honor my feelings and emotions.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

~ Roger Ebert

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Guiding Principle #7 I live in harmony with nature and the 5 elements.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

~ Sallust

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Guiding Principle #8 I know and practice self-care.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

“When we care for ourselves deeply and deliberately, we naturally begin to care for others – our families, our friends, and the world – in a healthier and more effective way.”

~Cheryl Richardson

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Guiding Principle #9 I am willing and able to give and receive (in) abundance.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Guiding Principle #10 I practice meditation and mindfulness daily.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

!Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

~ Hugh Jackman

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10 Guiding Principles for Your Inner Wise Woman

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

I remember to breathe … and connect with source

1. I practice gratitude daily.

2. I live in the present moment, with clear intention.

3. I know and trust my intuition.

4. I invite art, music, movement and play into my life and work.

5. I experience life as a sensuous woman, with all five senses.

6. I honor my feelings and emotions.

7. I live in harmony with nature and the 5 elements.

8. I know and practice self-care.

9. I am willing and able to give and receive (in)abundance

10. I practice meditation and mindfulness daily.

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living life as a YINpreneur Karen McMillan is a teacher, transformational leadership coach and retreat muse, living from the heart, divine feminine and trusting her inner wise woman.

(c) photos by Karen McMillan art by chocolatequill.com www.kdmcmillan.com @karenmcmillan [email protected]

let’s connect Visit me on my web site

http://www.kdmcmillan.com !Let me be your guide to mastering this practice and empowering your inner wise woman. Click Here to schedule a complimentary 15-30 minute discovery session.

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